Linux time and clock configuration

Changing timezone on Linux

To change the timezone on linux you can use the command :

timedatectl set-timezone <your_time_zone>

To see all timezones avaliable you can use the command:

timedatectl list-timezones
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Asmera
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
.
.
.

(e.g.)

timedatectl set-timezone America/Sao_Paulo

Manually configure clock on Linux

To manually configure the clock on Linux you can use the command:

date MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss

• MM - month
• DD - day
• hh - hour
• mm - minute
• YYYY - year
• ss - second

(e.g) april 15 2003 06h12PM (18h12)

date 041518122003.00